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Fixperts connects designers to those in need of their expertise
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Design Thinking
"The idea behind Fixperts is to connect designers with people who could do with a little help in their lives."
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3 Nov 17
Enough White Tea Cups: a documentary that examines solutions for global challenges
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Film & Animation
The film highlights the work of the INDEX: Design to Improve Life® organisation and will be screened at Nightscape 2018.
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2 Nov 17
Researchers develop EDCC, a new earthquake-resistant concrete
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The malleability of this eco-friendly concrete aims to withstand earthquake pressure.
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2 Nov 17
Morag Myerscough on giving spaces character and sensitivity through the use of colour
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Design Indaba Festival 2018 speaker will turn the Artscape Piazza into a wonderland with her colourful structure.
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1 Nov 17
Yami-Ichi disrupts how the price of art is valued
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Art & Photography
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Creative Economy
Here, money is powerless and instead the public is invited to barter skills, services and objects for a piece of art.
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31 Oct 17
Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces
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Food Design
This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable.
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27 Oct 17
David Adjaye, Ron Arad to design new Holocaust Memorial in London
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Architecture & Interiors
The National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre will honour victims and survivors of Nazi persecution.
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24 Oct 17
Angolan visual artist on opening up the conversation about a new African identity
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Kiluanji Kia Henda is the first African artist to receive the Frieze Artist Award.
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20 Oct 17
Urban trees as sustainability power tools for cities
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Design Activism
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Design Thinking
If trees are providing so many benefits, why are cities letting this natural resource dwindle?
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19 Oct 17
Self-taught inventor powers a village in West Africa using hydro energy
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African Design
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Industrial Design
He built a micro-hydroelectric dam for his village using his savings of about R78 000.
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18 Oct 17
Speak up, speak out, speak back: Africa Architecture Awards 2017
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
"What is African architecture? What makes architecture work on this continent?," asks Mark Olweny, a judge at this year’s Africa Architecture Awards.
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17 Oct 17
Buitenkant takes a look at homelessness in Cape Town
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African Design
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Film & Animation
This homeless woman discovers a set of keys in a muddy puddle of water.
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16 Oct 17
Calling concrete artists: Entries for the 2018 PPC Imaginarium Awards are now open
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African Design
The PPC Imaginarium Awards is now accepting entries from both South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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11 Oct 17
The Trashpresso transforms plastic bottles into stunning architectural tiles
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Design Activism
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Industrial Design
This remarkable upcycling process turns discarded waste into something beautiful.
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9 Oct 17
Photo series presents thought-provoking look at humanity stripped bare
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Art & Photography
The project highlights the fragility and vitality of the human body juxtaposed against the backdrop of urban architecture.
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6 Oct 17
Everything you need to know about the #ArchForArch monument
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Architecture & Interiors
The project celebrates peace, empathy and the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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4 Oct 17
UAE reveals the Mars Science project
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Urban & Landscape Design
The project aims to build the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars.
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4 Oct 17
Baba Tjeko’s illustrations bring the Sesotho geometric art of Litema to life
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African Design
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Art & Photography
He portrays African ideas and perspectives through his Litema artwork in hopes of positive change in other young designers.
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4 Oct 17
Street art as a form of mediation
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Art & Photography
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Urban & Landscape Design
He aspires to transform the city's streets to create dialogue and interaction between the environment and our experience of it.
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3 Oct 17
The Gangsta Gardener is bringing affordable and nutritious produce to California’s ‘food deserts’
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Design Activism
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Urban & Landscape Design
Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA to offer alternative food sources.
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3 Oct 17
Photo series pokes fun at conventional glamour photography
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Art & Photography
Kolor Art Collective presents their latest tongue-in-cheek offering with Pol Kurucz at the helm.
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2 Oct 17
Striking masks inspired by North African culture
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Art & Photography
This Columbian artist blurs the line between photorealistic painting and surreal expression.
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29 Sep 17
Famous artworks come to life on the streets of London
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Art & Photography
Applied upon human canvases, this project aims to communicate that art is for the masses.
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28 Sep 17
Snøhetta unveil Arch for Arch project at Design Indaba 2017
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Architecture & Interiors
The Oslo-based architects designed the physical tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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27 Sep 17
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